Gordon Brown says the UK is at the forefront of a global ‘nuclear renaissance’. But despite all the rhetoric, the real picture is grim
* John Sauven
* guardian.co.uk,
* Friday July 18, 2008
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Just this week Prime Minister Gordon Brown confidently assured us that the UK was at the forefront of a global “nuclear renaissance” and that within a few years we’d be home to at least eight bright, shining new reactors. We’re told a week is a long time in politics, but it must seem an absolute eternity to the ever more bedraggled British nuclear industry.
Yesterday…
Tags: Nuclear Waste · Nuclear Energy
Bill for Britain’s nuclear clean-up increases by another £10bn
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
· A week after MPs criticise accounts, numbers go up
· Repairing broken reactors brings cost total to £83bn
# Terry Macalister
# The Guardian,
# Friday July 18, 2008
The credibility of the nuclear industry was shaken last night after the estimated cost of cleaning up Britain’s atomic waste was raised by a further £10bn.
The latest clean-up estimate from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) suggests the commonly accepted figure of £73bn should rise to £83bn. But the agency insisted that £10bn of income from generating and fuel reprocessing…
Tags: Nuclear Waste · Nuclear Energy
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Jul 07 2008 16:24
Source: www.mg.co.za
A proposed nuclear power station at Thuyspunt would be a disaster for the environment and tourism in Jeffrey’s Bay and St Francis Bay, the Supertubes Surfing Foundation said on Monday.
“Local and international surfers … will not fancy a surf in radioactive waves at one of the best right-handers in the world,” said the organisation, which takes care of beaches and protects sand dunes in Jeffrey’s Bay.
The organisation said seawater would be used to cool the proposed plant’s condensers and then returned to the ocean.
“We are not satisfied that pumping…
Tags: Radiation · Eskom · Nuclear Energy
Jeremy Leggett 22/06/2008
Source: http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?open=y&content_id=1892#36615
The Government wilfully suppressed renewables to make space for nuclear to be reborn, argues Jeremy Leggett
The Government released its first energy white paper almost five years ago, when oil was barely $30 a barrel. The result of a thorough consultation with more than 60 energy companies, it called for deep carbon emissions cuts by 2050, to be achieved primarily by a massive programme of renewable and efficient energy mobilisation. Nuclear energy barely survived the consultation. During the Strategic Energy Review that preceded the white paper, I saw executives from nuclear companies literally laughed out of…
Tags: Alternative Energy · Nuclear Energy
Refer to the article below… The government of Namibia is proposing to develop a framework for nuclear power and uranium mining in the country. This begs the question, is a country as sparcely populated as Namibia with over 2 million people, really in need of nuclear power as back up during this period of energy crisis in Southern Africa. Even if an alternative source of energy is required, surely Namibia can harness the richness of renewable sources, solar and wind?
Namibia plans to set up nuclear reactor
by BRIGITTE WEIDLICH
GOVERNMENT has decided to opt for nuclear power generation and…
Tags: Uranium · Nuclear Energy
